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Post by EdoBosnar on May 25, 2018 3:31:40 GMT -5
...and Groo.
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Post by String on May 25, 2018 10:01:59 GMT -5
I have never heard of Touche Turtle till now.
Inigo, Zorro, Highlander, Musketeers round out my choices of the list provided.
For me, Zorro is Antonio Banderas, The Mask Of Zorro is just a fun film. I would like to see Guy Williams as Zorro but alas the previous collections of his Disney show on DVD remain outrageously priced.
My other choice would be Ogami Itto of Lone Wolf & Cub.
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Post by Farrar on May 25, 2018 14:38:31 GMT -5
Fvaorite Swordsperson? For me that's easy: the Swordsman. I'm lazy so I will just add something that I posted some months ago in the Twelve Days of CCF Christmas: Swordsman(616-Jacques Duquesne)
first appearance in Avengers #19, art by Don HeckCrimebuster and Hoosier X 's recent Kooky Quartet podcasts reminded me of how much I've always liked the Swordsman's overall look. He started out as a villain but as most of us know he was redeemed later on. What I love most about his costume is that it's always looked realistic, wearable and functional to me. I like that he's not wearing the typical superduper trunks, so much of the overall body line (the bottom half anyway) is unbroken. Also he looks like he's wearing pants--Heck for one often drew drew clothing folds at the knees and elsewhere--and not superhero/supervillain tights. Very suitable design for such an athletic character. I can see a Gene Kelly or Douglas Fairbanks wearing this design. Though at times his costume was colored a darker purple or dark blue (as in Avengers #100 and some Cap stories), Swordy's costume was usually the medium purple hue seen in the middle panel here. The orange belt and strap added an interesting contrast to his garb's shades of purple, fuchsia and blue. Overall the look IMO was much easier on the eyes than, say, Hawkeye's darker attire. Here's Kirby's cover introducing Swordy; and opening splashes by Heck (#19) and Colan (#65). The guy sure knew how to make an entrance!  Swordy cut a dashing figure whether he's in or out of costume. I mentioned Kelly and Fairbanks; Swordy also reminds me of Errol Flynn--and of course, Tony Stark  (when drawn by Dashin' Donnie). Great overall design by Heck.  Swordy courtesy of Kane and Colan.   |
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Post by dbutler69 on Jun 11, 2018 7:16:23 GMT -5
Really tough to choose. I voted for King Arthur (I just finished reading a King Arthur book!), Robin Hood, Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and the 3 Musketeers (one of my all time favorite books) but there are a lot of other great choices here like Conan and Inigo Montoya.
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Post by brianf on Jun 11, 2018 14:10:46 GMT -5
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Post by UKMikey on Jan 5, 2020 10:45:50 GMT -5
I finally found a poll I wanted to vote in which is still running.
Zorro is an easy choice for me. Princess Bride is a charming movie but it's just one movie. The only other characters with comparably long (real-world) histories to Zorro's are known for other things as well as their skills with the blade. So Don Diego clinches it for me.
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Jan 5, 2020 11:41:58 GMT -5
Toshiro Mifune's character Kuwabatake Sanjuro from Kurosawa's Yojimbo and Sanjuro.
The Bride from Tarantino's Kill Bill films.
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Post by berkley on Jan 6, 2020 1:36:17 GMT -5
I already made my five picks, but here are a couple others I didn't think of before and that haven't been mentioned yet in the thread:
Cyrano de Bergerac: I hadn't read Rostand's play when the poll was first posted but did so this past year and was blown away: I definitely now rank Rostand's Cyrano is one of the great sword-fighting characters of literature, and as much for the persona as for his duelling skills.
Roland: as the owner of one of the most famous swords in literature, Durandel, he really should get a mention in the thread. If you like adventure or fantasy of any kind and haven't read the Chanson de Roland or Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, you should give them a shot.
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Post by brutalis on Jan 6, 2020 8:21:53 GMT -5
Fvaorite Swordsperson? For me that's easy: the Swordsman. I'm lazy so I will just add something that I posted some months ago in the Twelve Days of CCF Christmas: Oh yes, what I wouldn't have given for a 70's Swordsman's series of him earnestly swashbuckling his way from bad guy to hero after being "dumped" on by Mantis, instead of his being killed off. Really liked his sword's multiple abilities which provided him with more alternatives than merely slicing and dicing his opponents. I can imagine his time as a villain would earn him some rather solemn backstreet credit among the dark alley criminal lot and add to his mystique and savoir fare! |
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Post by Confessor on Jan 6, 2020 23:40:39 GMT -5
I voted King Arthur because...well, because he's the Once and Future King of the Britons.
Robin Hood because he's my favourite English folk hero. I'm especially thinking of the character as portrayed in Roger Lancelyn Green's The Adventures of Robin Hood and the '80s TV show Robin of Sherwood.
Luke Skywalker because, hey, it's Star Wars!
The Three Musketeers because the book's great and so too is the Richard Lester movie from the 70s.
And I also voted "other" for Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings.
It was tempting to vote for Inigo Montoya, but, in truth, his catchphrase is better than his actual swordplay.
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Post by berkley on Jan 7, 2020 0:43:59 GMT -5
Speaking of movies, that reminds me that my favourite sword-fighting movie scene as a kid was the long one near the end of Scaramouche. I don't think I've seen many of the famous Errol Flynn ones, like Robin Hood, apart from excerpts on tv specials or things like that.
There have been some great ones in HK movies historical too but I can't think of any specifics right now.
A few more great sword-fighting books that come to mind, now I've started thinking about it again:
The Prisoner of Zenda - an obvious one, but I'd never read it myself until just this past year. More than fulfilled my expectations - you can see that ERB was heavily influenced by this in his swash-buckling planetary romances. Some books are so famous that unless you read them pretty young they're almost automatically 'spoiled' for you: this one, even though I'd pretty much known the basic plot since I was a kid from hearing about it, reading imitations like ERB's the Mad King, etc, still worked for me. I can't even say I wish I'd read it earlier, because I can't imagine enjoying it more than I did.
Hunters of the Red Moon and its sequel, The Survivors, by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Paul Edwin Zimmer - I liked these two books so much, I wish they had been just the beginning of a long, extended series. Great SF adventure stuff. You can tell that one or both authors were either very knowledgable about fencing or had done a lot of research but it never feels like undigested info-dumps: it's always smoothly and naturally incorporated into the story and its characters. Great memories of reading these, wish they'd done more.
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Post by brutalis on Jan 7, 2020 8:41:46 GMT -5
I voted King Arthur because...well, because he's the Once and Future King of the Britons. THIS reminds me: why in the HE double hockey sticks has Hollywood NOT done a Camelot 3000 style science-fiction fantasy movie with Arthur returning to form a new Knights of the Round Table to combat an alien invasion?!? What is your problem Warner Bros? With so many big budget remakes flopping, why not do something daring and different that could be a cash cow if done properly? |
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Post by junkmonkey on Feb 8, 2020 18:27:13 GMT -5
Inigo Montoya and other - Xena:  |
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Post by junkmonkey on Feb 10, 2020 3:34:04 GMT -5
I voted King Arthur because...well, because he's the Once and Future King of the Britons. THIS reminds me: why in the HE double hockey sticks has Hollywood NOT done a Camelot 3000 style science-fiction fantasy movie with Arthur returning to form a new Knights of the Round Table to combat an alien invasion?!? What is your problem Warner Bros? With so many big budget remakes flopping, why not do something daring and different that could be a cash cow if done properly? There was an episode of Babylon 5 - series four or five I think - in which this happened. Michael York came to the station convinced he was Arthur Returned. |
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Post by hondobrode on Feb 13, 2020 22:44:34 GMT -5
No Shining Knight love ?
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(when drawn by Dashin' Donnie). Great overall design by Heck.
